5 Alternatives to the Google Play Store to Increase Downloads
As an Android developer, achieving downloads from the Google play store can feel like an impossible task.? With increasing competition, strict policy changes and an already difficult environment to make money, we are always looking for other ways to increase downloads and number of users.
We scoured the web to find the best alternative app marketplaces to market your app.? Here are our top 5 choices.
SlideMe
SlideME?is unique because they recognize that not everyone can find what they are looking for in one app store.? They use an on-device application store that allows users to see apps directed specifically towards their interests, needs, geographical location, and even payment method.? According to their website, they are the number 1 alternative Android Application Marketplace for the world.? According to crunchbase, SlideMe has over 25,000 unique daily visitors.? Your newest users are waiting for you there!
Amazon App store for Android
A few months before Amazon released their Android powered tablet, Kindle Fire, they opened theAmazon App store for Android.? It originally opened just for US users, but this summer they expanded to the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.? Publishing your app in Amazon will open you up to those users using the Kindle Fire.? With the recent announcement of?the newest Kindle,?this could be a great way to increase your apps reach.
Android Pit
Whether your app is a game, for communications, entertainment, music, news, or any category, it has a home at the?Android Pit App store.? The team at Android Pit has created a beautifully clean and easily navigable app store.? Complete with a 5 star rating scale and an easy to use interface, Android Pit is a great site to use.? In addition to the app store, Android Pit is a full scale website with a very nice developer community, wonderful app reviews and informative articles about Android news and industry reports.
App Brain
App Brain?makes our list because of its amazing filtering features.? Not only are you able to filter by location, you can see which apps are popular amongst different groups of people.? There are standard groups like men and women, but also some interesting fields like people in their twenties, older people, and the latest apps reviewed by appbrain.? Not only is App Brain a great app store, it’s a fantastic resource for market statistics.
Android Zoom
The last, but certaintly not least app to make our list is AndroidZoom.? With over 200,000 followers on facebook and an amazing youtube channel, they feature many different apps in their video reviews.? Not only can you see the top 50 most viewed apps on the site, you are able to view theclimbers, apps that are moving up the list, as well as the?fallers, the ones headed off the list.? These different views give your app many more opportunities to be seen by users, and therefore more likely to be downloaded.
